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With a growing need for understanding the process involved in producing and perceiving spoken language, this timely publication answers these questions in an accessible reference. Containing material resulting from many years’ teaching and research, Speech Synthesis provides a complete account of the theory of speech. By bringing together the common goals and methods of speech synthesis into a single resource, the book will lead the way towards a comprehensive view of the process involved in human speech. The book includes applications in speech technology and speech synthesis. It is ideal for intermediate students of linguistics and phonetics who wish to proceed further, as well as researchers and engineers in telecommunications working in speech technology and speech synthesis who need a comprehensive overview of the field and who wish to gain an understanding of the objectives and achievements of the study of speech production and perception.

Рассмотрено программирование нестандартных пользовательских интерфейсов в среде Delphi с применением технологий Microsoft Agent и Microsoft Speech API для операционных систем Windows 98/2000/XP. Представлены способы внедрения анимированных персонажей в приложения Delphi и использования методов синтеза и распознавания речи с помощью функций Speech API. Подробно рассмотрены речевые интерфейсы высокого и низкого уровней. Описан процесс создания собственных анимированных персонажей и использования нестандартной текстовой выноски Balloon Dialog. Для программистов.

One of the most renowned public speakers of his day, Mark Twain was often asked to give speeches to mark public holidays or important anniversaries, for school graduations, at banquets for distinguished visitors, and at events sponsored by charitable organizations, reform groups, and the like. Published a few months after his death, this wide-ranging collection of speeches, spanning more than four decades, covers the gamut of Mark Twain's interests.

Полный вариант заголовка: «Speech of Viscount Palmerston in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the 10th of March, 1830, on moving for papers, respecting the relations of England with Portugal».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The substance of the speech delivered in the Committee of finance, January 29th, 1807 : with the necessary tables, and an appendix, containing the plans of Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Johnstone / by the Right Hon. Lord Henry Petty».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Castlereagh, in the Irish House of Commons, Wednesday, February 5, 1880 : on offering to the House certain resolutions, proposing and recommending a complete and entire union between Great Britain and Ireland».